The social construction of race and ethnicity in the United States

Table of Contents: “…Part 1. The personal experience of classification schemes -- Part 2. Classifying people by race -- Part 3. …”


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The everything new nurse book : gain confidence, manage your schedule, and be ready for anything by Quan, Kathy

Table of Contents: “…-- How to become a nurse -- Deciding where to work -- Surviving your first day -- The new kid on the block -- Your scope of practice -- Time management -- Utilizing teamwork -- Learn from your mistakes -- What you learned in school -- The patients -- The doctors -- The nursing shortage in action -- Expect to get sick -- Working with technology -- Discharge planning -- Documentation and communication -- Confidentiality -- Nursing is a lifelong learning experience -- Setting future career goals -- Taking care of yourself.…”
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Managing breathlessness in clinical practice by Booth, Sara (Consultant in palliative medicine), Burkin, Julie, Moffat, Catherine, Spathis, Anna

Table of Contents: “…Part I Introduction -- Breathlessness; the experience for the patient, and approach for the clinician -- The genesis and assessment of breathlessness -- Part II Non-pharmacological interventions -- breathing -- Fan and oxygen therapy -- Positions to ease breathlessness -- Breathing techniques for breathlessness -- Part III Non-pharmacological interventions -- thinking -- Anxiety management -- Energy conservation -- Part IV Non-pharmacologica interventions -- functioning -- Exercise and activity promotion -- Supporting carers -- Part V An integrated strategy -- Care towards the end of life for the breathless patient -- An approach to the breathless patient.…”
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The politics of HBO's The wire : everything is connected

Table of Contents: “…"It can't be a lie": The Wire as breaching experiment / Joshua Page and Joe Soss -- Classroom democracy: demystifying the civic nation in The Wire / Paul Goode -- The politics of knowledge production: on structure and the world of The Wire / Isaac Kamola -- Corruption as solidarity: an inverted republicanism to resist inverted totalitarianism / Jonathan Havercroft -- The limits of neoliberalism: market rationality in The Wire / Elisabeth Anker -- "It's all in the game": masculinism, mourning, and violence in The Wire / Shirin S. …”


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Assessing and improving student organizations : student workbook by Nolfi, Tricia

Table of Contents: “…; Constituent Focus Exercise; What's your experience?; By what standards should the quality of your organization be judged?…”
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The modern Caribbean economy. Volume II, Economic development and public policy challenges

Table of Contents: “…Public policy and economic growth: some insights into the Caribbean experience / Ramesh Ramsaran -- 2. Towards an alternative industrial and trade profile for Caribbean economies: the challenge of the developmental state approach / Nikolaos Karagiannis, Debbie A. …”
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An intellectual history of psychology by Robinson, Daniel N., 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Empiricism : the authority of experience ; Rationalism : the geometry of the mind ; Materialism : the enlightened machine -- pt. 3: Scientific psychology. …”
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Philosophy after Darwin : chapters for The career of philosophy, volume III, and other essays by Randall, John Herman, Jr., 1899-1980

Table of Contents: “…Bradley and the working-out of absolute idealism -- The ontology of Paul Tillich -- The religion of shared experience -- Cassirer's theory of history as illustrated in his treatment of Renaissance thought -- Dewey's interpretation of the history of philosophy -- French spiritualism and idealism -- German idealism: the problem of man and nature.…”


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Connecting Trees with People Synergistic Strategies for Growing the Urban Forest by Zürcher, Naomi

Table of Contents: “…Growing the Urban and Community Forest Today for the City of Tomorrow: connecting our trees and their needs to their human associates -- Chapter 5. The Global Experience in Green Participatory Place-making: a worldwide sampling of Urban and Community Forest connectivity -- Chapter 6. …”
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Accelerating Democracy : Transforming Governance Through Technology. by McGinnis, John O.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Accelerating Democracy; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: The Ever Expanding Domain of Computation; CHAPTER TWO:Democracy, Consequences, and Social Knowledge; CHAPTER THREE:Experimenting with Democracy; CHAPTER FOUR:Unleashing Prediction Markets; CHAPTER FIVE: Distributing Information through Dispersed Mediaand Campaigns; CHAPTER SIX:Accelerating AI; CHAPTER SEVEN:Regulation in an Age of Technological Acceleration; CHAPTER EIGHT:Bias and Democracy; CHAPTER NINE: De-biasing Democracy; CONCLUSION:The Past and Future of Information Politics.…”
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Powerful classroom stories from accomplished teachers by Mack-Kirschner, Adrienne, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…The power of story -- National board core proposition 1: teachers are committed to students and their learning -- National board core proposition 2: teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students -- National board core proposition 3: teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning -- National board core proposition 4: teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience -- National board core proposition 5: teachers are members of learning communities -- Those who can teach, do.…”
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Currency boards in retrospect and prospect

Table of Contents: “…-- Modern currency boards : structural and institutional aspects -- Macroeconomic performance -- Stylized facts -- Inflation and disinflation under alternative exchange rate regimes -- Output growth and trade performance -- Argentina -- Case studies in modern currency boards : the European experience -- Euro-based currency boards : introduction -- Estonia -- Lithuania -- Bulgaria -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Euro-based currency boards : an assessment -- Conclusions.…”
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Microeconomic issues today : alternative approaches by Carson, Robert Barry, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…-- Income distribution: how successful will our experiment with welfare reform be? -- Financing government: what is a fair system of taxation? …”


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Unlikely heroines : nineteenth-century American women writers and the woman question by Shapiro, Ann R., 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The woman question -- Motherhood, the true woman,and the new woman : Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's cabin (1852) -- Work and the bridging of social class : Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, The silent partner (1871) -- Sisterhood and the Adamless Eden : Louisa May Alcott, Work : a story of experience (1873) -- The professional woman and an independent life : Sarah Orne Jewett, A country doctor (1884) -- Matriarchy : Mary Wilkins Freeman, Pembroke (1894) -- Rebellion and death : Kate Chopin, The awakening (1899) -- Conclusion.…”


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Siren Song : Chilean Water Law As a Model for International Reform. by Bauer, Carl J.

Table of Contents: “…Policy Debate under Chilean Democracy; Chapter 4 The Results of Chilean Water Markets: Empirical Research since 1990; Chapter 5 Conclusions and Lessons about the Chilean Experience; Notes; References; Index; About the Author.…”
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Groundwater and Soil Cleanup : Improving Management of Persistent Contaminants. by Staff, National Research Council

Table of Contents: “…s Groundwater and Soil Contamination Problem""; ""2 The Changing Regulatory Environment""; ""3 Metals and Radionuclides: Technologies for Characterization, Remediation, and Containment""; ""4 DNAPLs: Technologies for Characterization, Remediation, and Containment""; ""5 DOE Remediation Technology Development: Past Experience and Future Directions""; ""6 Findings and Recommendations""; ""A Facilities Where DOE is Responsible for Environmental Cleanup""; ""B SCFA Technology Deployment Report""…”
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The history of Louisa Barnes Pratt : being the autobiography of a Mormon missionary widow and pioneer by Pratt, Louisa Barnes, 1802-1880

Table of Contents: “…On early California, the San Bernardino experience, 1852 to 1857, the break-up at San Bernardino, January 1858 -- Part four. …”
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Trade Union Development In Central And Eastern Europe - The ""the Velvet Revolution"" European Union Accession And Beyond : ""The Velvet Revolution"" European Union Accession and B... by Hayward, Geoff

Table of Contents: “…EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; The GPMU and graphical and paper trade unions in central and eastern Europe; Changes in the role of the trade union in the Hungarian printing industry; Employee relations in the Czech Republic -- past, present and future; Norwegian and Nordic trade union support and solidarity for trade unions in eastern and central Europe; The Labour Code in the Republic of Slovakia; ''Change and continuity'' -- the experience of trade unions in the cultural sector of the former Soviet Union.…”
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Christian mysticism : an introduction to contemporary theoretical approaches by Nelstrop, Louise

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Contemporary theoretical approaches -- Key themes and motifs -- Platonism and Christian mysticism -- Negative or apophatic language -- Selfhood and interiority -- Erotic imagery -- Hierarchy -- Symbolism and Scripture : mystical sense -- Later developments in Christian mysticism -- Female mysticism -- Visionary mysticism -- Imaginative mysticism, meditation, and experience -- Mysticism and heresy -- Postmodern re-readings of pseudo-Denys and Augustine -- Exploring negative language through pseudo-Denys : Derrida and Marion -- Exploring negative language through Augustine : Marion, Derrida and Lyotard -- Conclusion: What is Christian mysticism?…”
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The Fifth Freedom : Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972. by Chen, Anthony S.

Table of Contents: “…The Strange Career of Fair Employment Practices in National Politics and Policy, 1941-1960; 3. Experimenting with Civil Rights: The Politics of Ives-Quinn in New York State, 1941-1945; 4. …”
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